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REELING MACHINE.

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REELING MACHINE.

APPL'ICATION HLED AUG.25, i914.

Patented Apr. 11, 1916.

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I Specification of Letters Patent.

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Application led vAug'ust 25,1914. Serial No. 858,539.

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Be it known that I, JOHN M CISAAC, a citizen of the United States,residing at Marcus Hook, in the county' of Delaware and State ofPennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in of which theJfollowing is a specification.

This invention is an vimproved reeling .machine for reeling silk andother thread fromy skeins, bobbins, cops or spools andA forming the sameinto skeins, one object of the invention being to provide an improved lmachine of this character which greatly reduces the cost of operationand of the skeins of silk, yarn or other material formed by the machine.l

veffect aneconomy of ioor space Another object` of the inventionis to provide an improved reeling machine which eects an economy of power andalso is sov compactly arranged. and constructed as to in the fac'- toryVwhere it is used.

Another object of the' invention is to provide an improved machine ofthis character which may be readily operated by boys or.

- girls as young as are' permitted'to work in mills andwhich is soconstructed as to elimiv fect improvements 1n taken off readily adjustsorder, allowing ectimprovements be regulated for reel nate all danger tothe operator even if the operator should get caught in the machine inany way. l

Another Objectis to provide an improved machine of this character whichcan -be started or stopped by the operator at any time between the.skein lengths and which is also provided with an improved automati-Another obJect of the invention is. to provide an improved reel of thischaracter which enables the operator to take 0H the skeins withoutA.'emoving -the vreel head.

Another object of the invention is to efthe construction ofA the reelhead whereby the same is ren collapsible to acilitatefthe vremoval vofthe skeins and which'after the skein has -been itself to working theoperator freedom to tie up the ends andstart operation, without moving.away. l

Another object of the invention is to efin the automatic stopping-mechanism so that the machine can 'ng skeins, Y and double skeins.

'cally operating -stopping mechanism.

one and a haltl skeins chine so that the machine head Keeling-Machines,

l lar view showing chine. V#oF-ig. 3, is ja ront elevation deredhemachine again inv`v the reel is in operation.

Another object of the invention is to effect improvements in theconstructiono-the ma# can be taken QH the frame for repairs withouthaving to j stop or affect any other part, or 4any otherA Jframe.

invention is machines on the same Ti Another object of the to provide animproved machine-of this character4 in which the traverse rod is causedto operate so as 4to lay the yarn on the reelv head with diamond spacesin the skein, to enable the operator vto lace or breaking any'- of theends.

Another object of the invention is to pro-V vde an improved machine ofthis character which may be adjusted to layl skeins of'any ydes'iredwidth.

tie the skein without Anotherobject of the invention isto provide animproved machine of this character, which is practically noiseless whenYin operation.

Another object vis'to effect improvements in the construction of thereeling machine so that any number of vheads may be used on onesupporting framev and any number of frames may be joined together. andrun from' a single belt, therebyA effecting great economy of vshaftingand belting."

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists intheconstruction, combination and arrangement of devices- .hereinafterdescribed and claimed.

drawings :-Figure In the accompanying l' is an elevation, showing'oneside of my improved reeling machine, the power shaft section. Fig. 2 isa simithe other side ofthe maof the same.. `Fig. 4 is vavertical-.sectional view of the same on the plane line of Fig. 2; F'g. 5vis a plan view o the same. Fig. 6 vis a vertical sectional. view onthe'plane indicated by the line b--b o f Fig. '5. Fig. 7 is a detail sectionaliriewV of the reel head. Fig. 8 is a detail eleva# tion, partyin section, and. illustrating the operation of the stopping beingindicated in of the same and showing the stopping mechin the act ofautomatically operating to stop. the reel. Fig. 10 4isa similar view ofthe same and showing the position ofthe parts of'thestop mechanism whenFig.'11 is adetail sectional view of the'stop disk and also showing the,stop rod and the fender spring.

mechanism when manually operated.J Fig. 9 is a similar view indicated bythe y Fig. 12 is a detail perspective view of the tion and to enable thedrawings to be made on as large a scale as possible oneof the arms 4 isshown broken away in Eigs. 1 2. The reels on opposite sides of the reelhead are identical in construction and hence only one is hereindescribed.

A power shaft 5 is provided for operating on the reels, and this powershaft is entirely disconnected from the heads 3 and has its bearings insupports 6 which are mounted on the beam 2 independently of the head 3and said head is formed with a Y recess 7 in one side which clears saidshaft y and enables the head .with its reels to be removed from the beam2 without affecting the shaft 5 or any of the other reel"V heads on theframe. This construction is .highly advantageous as it greatlyfacilitates and reduces the cost of repairs and enables repairs on anyreel to be effected without throwing any of the other reels out ofoperation. The shaft 5 isl provided with a pulley 8 for each reel. f

Near the outer end ofthe arm 4 is a bearing 9 fora shaft 10. Said shafthas .a pulley 11 at one end and a spur gear 12 at the opposite end. Saidpulley is connected to the pulley 8 by an endless belt 13 and this beltwhile tight enough on the pulleys. to drive the reel` will slipon VtheYpulley 11V in -the'event'that the operator gets caught in any part ofthe machine and hence the reel will stop and injury to the operator willbe entirely avoided.

An arm 14 is pivotally mounted at its inner end on the head 3 as at 15so that the outer end of said arm may be raised and lowered. -Said armis provided near its outer end with `a shaft 16 which is here 80 mountedfor rotation on said shaft 1.6 and is shown as havingf'ay threaded endand secured to said arm by means of a clamping nut-17. T he reel 18 hasa tubular shaft 19 which is swivelly mounted on the shaft 16.

."At the inner. end of said tubular shaft is a hub member 2O4 and on theouter side of said hub member 'is a'gear 21 which is also secured" tothe hub member by screws 22.

'The gear 21 is for engagement with the gear 12 to drive the. reel andis disengaged from'said gear 12 to Astop .the operation of the reel. Agear 23 which is smaller than the gear 21 is on the outer side thereofand is here shown as formed intergrally therewith.

g A stop lever 24 is provided which is pivotally mounted at the outerend of the arm 4 as at.25. manually operated and may also, ashereinafter more fully described be automatically operated. A link 26has its upper end pivotally connected to the outer end of the arm 14 asat 27. and is pivotally connected near its lower end to the lever 24 bya pin 28. The' lower portion of the link is arranged in a bifurcation inthe upper end of the lever 24 and is formed with an arm 29. The lever 24has a shoulder 30 in its bifurcated upper portion which when said leveris turned to a vertical position, to raise the arm 14 and thereby throwthev reel out of gear by disengaging the gear 21 from the reel 12becomes engaged by said arm 29 and hence the arm 14 isheld in suchraised position. By turning .the lever 24 to an inclined-position'asshown in- Fig. 10 the arm 14 is lowered to engage the gear 2l with'thegear 12and hence start the reel in operation as will be understood.

.A gear 31 for operating the traverse arm engages the gear -23 and ismounted on a shaft 32 which is secured to and carried by the arm 14. Thetraverse arm 33 has its inner end secured to an arm 34 vat the lower endof a vertical rock shaft 35. Said rock shaft is mounted in bearings 36in a standard 37 which has a base 38 that-is bolted on the beam 2independently ofthe head 3. An arm 39 is secured to the upper end ofsaid shaft 35 by a set screw 40. The arm has a. vertical pin 41 at itsfree end on which the hub member 42 of a link arm 43 is mounted. Apitman 44 has its inner end bifurcated lto receive the arm 43 and ispivotally mounted thereon asl atv 45 so that said pitman is adapted toplay vertically'and the outer end of the pitman is connected by a crankpin 46 to the gear 31. The said gear has adjusting openings 47 atvarying distances 'from its center for the reception of the This stoplever may be as desiredA toregulate the throw or extent of movement` ofthe traverse arm and hence the latter may be regulated to lace skeins ofany desired width on the reel. The traverse arm in guiding the yarn onthe reel lays the yarn with an open cross wind forming 'diamond'spacesin the skeins, as will 'be understood, so-tha't the operator can lace ortie the skein without breaking any ends. The traverse arm is provided atitsfree ends with guides 48 for the yarn. The frame -1 .is1 providedwith a suitable sup-r port 49' for the spool, bobbin or cop indicated at50 and the frame also is provided with ai thread guide51 above saidsupport.

Any suitable guides may be provided" withfrom the gear 77 is a stop disk79 which in the scope of my invention. i revolves with said gear 'y The'reel 18 is providedwith radial arms It will be understood, from thevioregoingi o2 each of which is pivotally mounted at description and byreference tothe draw- 5 itsinner-end on-one side in a radial slot 53ings, especially Fig. 6, that the gear 77, 7o of the hub member 20,'thepivotsv for the which is the predetermning orl 'stop' gear reelarms'being indicated at 54. The sleeve revolves very slowly and makes.only one 'ro- 55 is loosely mounted onthe tubular reel tation whilethereel is making the neces- L shaft 19 for longitudinal movement, saidsary number of-rotations to lay a half skein, 1o reel shaft having ahead 56 at its outer end a skein,a` skeinl and a half or a doubleskein75 to form al stop for said sleeve in one direcas the case may be andfor thus predetermintion and being :also provided with an annuing theoperation of the reel and arranging lar shoulder 57 tostop thepmojement)f for the reel to beautomatically stopped after said sleeve in thereverse direction. Sai I having laid a skein suoli as desired, A gear.

sleeve is connecte t0 the arms 52 0 the 77 of any desired diameter maybe employed,. 80

"reel by links 58 @30h 0-Whi0h has its inn?? several such gears ofdifferent diameters,

end pivotally mounted -1n a Slot 59 0f Said being in practice providedwith each masl eeve as at 60 and having its outer end chino, any one ofWmoh may be used s de.-

PlVOtauY mounted 1 11, 3 510i 61 Of the feel sired. The adjustablebearing. 70 adapts 20 afm 2S at 62- A 0011601 fetfactle Spfmg-63 thesha-it 69 to be adjusted correspondingly'85 i5 SSOClflted Wlth each'feel afm .and lts hnk so as 'tol causethe worm'7 6 to engage the 58 andhas its endsconnected thereto as at goof?? regardless of the diameter ofthe (S4- 65. These springs exert their tension latter;

on the links t0 llolrljelly MW vthe Sleeve 111- The stop disk 79 isprovided with a radial wardly, arrange said linksdvertically and Stopnotch 8() in one Sido and 1S also pro- 90j l hence cause thelatter toextend the radial vided with e, spring fender 81 to normally arme of thereel. When a skein or SkfblIlS close over the periphery of said stopdisk 'have been laid on the* reel and it is desiredA and at the outerend of the stop notch. Thisv to remove them the Operator .dflWS' thefender has an obliquely arranged cam 82 I sleeve 55 outwardly on thetubular shaft et its front end.v cA'stop rod 83 is mounted 95 therebycausing the links 58 to draw the for longitudinal movement in a guide84on corresponding ends of the. reel arms 1n-1 one side of .the arm 4. Theinner end of -w-ardlyE thus collapsing the reel and enabling this stoprod is reduced on one side as at the skein to be readily taken o As soonas 85, adapted to enter the' notch inthe stop a5 the skein has beentekenoff the Springs act disk and provided with a shoulder 86; The 10o todraw the sleeve inwardly and radially exouter portion of the stop rod iscurved and tend the reel arms 52 thusl/readjusting the is provided witha slotl 87. The pin 28 reel to working Condition and allowing t e whichpivotally connects the link 26 and the operator freedom to tie 11p theends an stop lever 24 also forms a pivotal connec- 40 startup themachine without moving awaytion between saidstop lever and the stop 105II will now describe my ,improved- Stop rod and said pin passesthroughand is movmechanism for automatically controlling ableIlongitudinally in said slot. A spring the operation of the reel'r andcausing it dur- 88 is employed to aetuate the stop rod and ing eachperiod of operation to make a hal cause the latter t'o move lengthwiseand enter skein, e skein, one and a half skeins or two the notch so ofthe stopaiskaatho eoneiulioI skeins at will: Y i l sion of each rotationof each stop disk'. This A gear 66 is mounted on a lshat 67 with springis here shown asa coiled retractile which the arm 4 is provi ed and Saidgearv spring having oneendattached to the stop is adapted to be engagedand disengaged by rod as at 89 and the'otherend attached .to

the gear 31. On the inner side of said gear they arm 14 as at 90. Theslot 8 7 permits 115 v l 66 is a worm 68 which revolves therewith. thelever 24 to be operated 'manuallyat any ,A shaft 69 jis mounted in abearing 70 which time desired so 'as .to 'raise .the arm 14 and has anfirm 71 that' beers against the lug 72 thereby th -ow the reel out ofgear and cause with which the arm-4' is provided, and the the y'reel tostop. When the reel hasmade said armf 71 of theJ bearing has anadjustthe vrequired number of revolutionsyto lay 120 ing slot 7S'through which extends a bolt .a .skein or skeins -thereon the-"notch80 of. i 74 that adjustably secures said bearing to, the stopdisk 79reaches and registers vwith the lug .lf The'shaft 69 is provided at onethe inner endof the stop rod and thereupon end withla gear 75 whichengages' the worm thestop rod is caused by the spring 88 'to A 68 and isprovided atfthe opposite end with enter said notch and in so doing toturn the 12.5

' a Vworm 76 which engages a gear 7. Said, lever'24 to the requiredvertical .position to gear 77 is mounted on a' shaft 78 whichrethrow thereel out of gear and cause "the volves in and extends through a bearinggear to stop. v opening with which the arm 4 is provid During ,theloperation of the reel the st op i e and on, the opposite' end of saidshaft 78 disk. makes one rotation in the v`di'reciuon A130 indicated bythe arrow and as the notch of the stop disk nears the end .of the stoprod the cam. 82 of the fender springv engages the inner end of the rodand causes the fender to be moved outwardly so as to uncover the stopnotch and when the stop rod enters the stop notch the fender bearsagainst the outer Side of the stop rod. AIf the lever is then operatedto put the reel in gear, and which must be done manually,v the stop rodis drawn out Vof the stop disk notch by the lever and immediately thespring fender closes over. said-Stop notch thus preventing the stop rodfrom rentering said notch until after the ldisk has made anotherrevolution. Having thus described my invention, I claim l. In a reelingmachine, a frame having a longitudinally arranged beam, supports on thebeam and having bearings, a power shaft mounted in said bearing abovesaid frame, a reel head secured on the frame, having a recess in oneside which clears said shaft and through Which said shaft extends, saidhead' being removable from the beam independently of the shaft, a reelmounted on the reel head, pulleys on said shaft and reel-head in thesame horizontal plane and a belt connecting said pulleys.

2. A reel head having a fixed arm, a driving gear mounted on said arm, asecond arm mounted for movement toward and fromthe fixed arm, a lever tomove the second arm and a reel mounted on and carried by the movable armand having a gear for engagement with and disengagement from the firstnamed gear, a traverse arm operating gear also carried by the movablearm and engaged with a second gear on the reel, speed reducing mechanismmountedl on the fiX'ed arm and including a gear for engagement with.4and disengagement from the traverse arm operated gear, a stop diskrevolved by said speed reducing gear and havinga notch, a stop rodconnected to said lever to operate'the latter, and adapt it to entersaid stop notch and a spring to actuate said stop rod.

3. In a -reel of the class described a stop *d lever adapted `for manualoperation, a slid- 50 able stop rod having a slot, a pivot connected tothe stop lever and arranged in said slot so that the stop rod ispivotally and also slidably connected to said stop lever, a spring tonormally operate said stop rod and lever, and a stop disk on theperiphery of whichthe inner end ofv said stop rod normally bearsand saidstop disk having a stop notch to receive the said end of said rod, andmeans to actuate said stop disk.

4. In a reel of the class described a stop lever adapted for manualoperation, a stop rod slidably connected to said stop lever, a spring tonormally operate said stop rod and lever, and a stop disk onu theperiphery of which the inner end of said stop rod normally bears, saidstop disk having a stop notch to receive the said endof said rod, vandmeans to actuate said stop disk, and a fender on said stop disk to close`said notch, saidv fender having stop rod actuated means to move thefender from the notch and per- `mit the stop rod to enter the notch andto cause said fender to reclose the notch when the stop rod is drawntherefrom.

5. A reel head having a Lfixed arm, a driving gear mounted on said arm,a second arm pivotally mounted on the 'reel head for movement toward andfrom theixed arm,

a manually operable lever fulcrumed to the fixed arm, a link connectingsaid lever toy the second arm, a reel nou'nted on and carried by thesecond arm and having a gear for engagement ywith and disengagement fromthe first named ear, a traverse arm operating gear also carrled by themovable arm and engaged with a second gear on the reel, speed reducingmechanism mounted on the fixed 'arm and including a gear for engagementwith and disengagement from the traverse arm operating gear, a stop diskrevolved by the speed reducing gear and hav- -ing a, notch, a` stop rodslidably `connected to the lever to operate the latter, and adapted toenter said stop notch, and` a spring to actuate said stop rod.

6. In combination,

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN MCISAAC.

Witnesses:

M. EDITH JOHNSON, MARY E. JoHNsoN.

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